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Get a rare glimpse into the minds and methods of sadistic murderers. From notorious names like Jeffrey Dahmer and John Wayne Gacy to lesser-known killers like “Death House Landlady” Dorothea Puente, what turns a regular person into a predator? Serial Killers is a Spotify Original. New episodes Mondays.

Serial Killers

We're continuing our holiday break, but you won't want to miss the episode we're highlighting this week. In this episode, our friends at Murder in America sit down and for an interview with a man who claims to have killed 30 people. This two-part series digs deep into the life of Nate "Boone" Craft, one of Detroit's most notorious hit men. You can listen to part two now, on the Murder in America feed.

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Holiday Break: "The Grim Reaper" - Nate Boone Craft

As our Best of 2024 selection, we're featuring our three-part series on notorious serial killer Israel Keyes. 

In 2012, Israel Keyes is arrested and charged with kidnapping and killing an 18-year-old barista. Prior to that, he’d had just one blemish on his criminal record: a DUI. He’s since been called “the most terrifying serial killer you’ve probably never heard of.”

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Best of 2024: Israel Keyes Pt. 1

As our Best of 2024 selection, we're featuring our three-part series on notorious serial killer Israel Keyes. 

Over the course of six months in 2012, Israel Keyes sits down with the FBI for a series of interviews. In between toying with investigators and bargaining for what he wants, he confesses to a handful of other crimes — while alluding to a whole lot more. 

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Best of 2024: Israel Keyes Pt. 2

As our Best of 2024 selection, we're featuring our three-part series on notorious serial killer Israel Keyes. 

Israel Keyes died having only confessed to a handful of murders and crimes. Researchers and investigators are left piecing together evidence to solve cold cases.

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Best of 2024: Israel Keyes Pt. 3

Mary Bateman was an accomplished liar from a young age, and when she grew up, she started using that talent as a way of making money. Passing herself off as a witch, she tricked paranoid and gullible customers into handing over their hard-earned money in exchange for predictions and potions. But unfortunately, not every one of the Yorkshire Witch's customers lived to tell the tale.

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The Yorkshire Killer Witch Pt. 1

Mary Bateman had been playing people for fools for years. The problem was, too many of her dissatisfied customers stuck around to complain about her trickery. Her solution? Murder.

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The Yorkshire Killer Witch Pt. 2

In the late 1800s, Mary Mallon was a cook for wealthy families in New York City. She thought her job was going well; her clients seemed pleased and she had a reputation as an exceptional chef. But then, the family members started getting sick, and Mary had no idea that she was the cause.

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The Legacy of Typhoid Mary Pt. 1

In 1907, George Soper located the cause of a typhoid outbreak in New York City: a cook named Mary Mallon. Mary didn’t know it, but each and every meal she cooked carried a small chance for her clients to come down with the disease. Finding out the truth could cost Mary her job…and her freedom.

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The Legacy of Typhoid Mary Pt. 2

For Valentine’s Day we’re going back into the archives to bring you some of the most infamous couples in true crime history. 

Kathryn Kelly was running schemes long before she ever met her notorious husband. She hungered to live a life of luxury and decadence. And she’d never apologize for those desires… Or for the things she did to make her dreams come true.
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Valentine's Special: "A Couple of Gangsters" - Kathryn and "Machine Gun" Kelly

For Valentine’s Day we’re going back into the archives to bring you some of the most infamous couples in true crime history. 

All Wanda Barzee wanted in life was for someone to take care of her, and in return she promised complete devotion. So when her paramour, self-styled prophet Brian David Mitchell, demanded she help him find a child bride, Wanda aided and abetted the kidnapping of 14-year-old Elizabeth Smart.
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Valentine's Special: "A Couple of Kidnappers" - Wanda Barzee and Brian David Mitchell

Dorothea Puente ran a boarding house in Sacramento, California. She had perfected a technique of taking in tenants who were on government assistance, murdering them, and then fraudulently cash the checks. All the while, neighbors had no idea that dead bodies were being buried in her backyard. 
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“The Death House Landlady” Pt. 2 - Dorothea Puente

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